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One of these things is not like the other one .... Sorry for the small pic .... that was back when I just figured out that one of my Rainbow Reds was really ...... a 7-up

I have a few rainbos I've been enjoying again recently.

Maybe a Vacor Red Devil on your peewee?

Hmmmmm ... normal size? Did it come with vintage or modern? I'd keep Alley as a possible candidate for now.

(To me the top view shows two seams with the marble folded so that they are close to each other.)

Welll ... if vintage then I'll go with Akro Milky Oxblood. And I am assuming vintage.

When I see that oily iridescent finish, I think Vacor or Asian. There are some dark iridescent ones here: https://www.billes-en-tete.com/liste_billes.php Possibly the Steely Torpedo? I don't have any so I can't check to see if they have anything hidden under the finish.

oh my!

It's pretty.

I'd say really good chance of being foreign. Not Vacor though, in my opinion. Not a style I'm familiar with anyway. Possibly Asian? I so very much look forward to learning more about what kinds of marbles are available in South Africa. You can't know how exciting that is for me. Whether it tells us about how other known manufacturers imported into your country, or possibly reveals the existence of manufacturers we did not know about yet ...

Pelts seem the most likely to go wonky among the vintage marble set.

Tiny little seams don't say Akro, yet Akro was still my first thought. With the tiny little seams, I guess it could be Master. I suppose the glass would fit with Master also. But with the condition of it, maybe it was a dug marble ... which puts me back to Akro.

Hi Alta. Welcome. I'm not sure just from that angle. The pattern on the one with yellow doesn't really look Vacor to me. More views could help. Also .... what size is it? One inch wide?

I'll guess fold. Looks like more than one error went into the making of that one. Have you see definite swirls with that color combo?

Much better on the exposure. Now it is looking vintage. More angles with that exposure might help someone see a different maker. For me, I just go with the rule of thumb that if there are no readily identifiable structural distinguishing features, then it is probably an Akro. Brad, are you around? Does lime-ish green say anything in particular about a maker. @slagmarble

I'm getting a modern feel from it. Some of the base glass looks clear. I do see transparent green areas also. So that's a strange mix. The white has a foreign look.

Some people go to marble shows. I spent a lot of time looking at marbles online at forums such as this. I do have books, but with a book and without a trained eye, it's not easy to figure out what you have.

Mostly it's experience. Patterns, colors, textures, sizes. For example, if a marble has small v-shaped cutlines, it might be a Master from the 1930's ... if the colors are right ... or it could be a modern marble from Asia. Super large marbles are mostly likely to be modern.

Basic Rainbo. Well, actually Pelt might have sold it as a Bloodie. I see the area which seems pink to you, but the overall impression I get is white. And I presume that's what it was meant to be. I have nothing intelligent to add about the color variations.

Orange is close to red ... and red was the most popular marble color. Also, there weren't many colors in the official Ace runs. (For whichever of yours might possibly have come from an Ace run, assuming any did.) There MIGHT have been more colors than the five here, but it might just have been variations in shade. The other styles such as Prize Names and Tri Color Agates expanded to more colors, but I'm not sure the Aces were around long enough to expand. Good call on going with "cork".

Hi. Welcome. These appear to be mostly modern, from the 90's and early 2000's. The white with black speckles might be a Vacor Dalmatian. If that's what it is, it's a discontinued style, so you might find some interest in it. I can't guess the value though. I may not ever have seen one for sale. https://www.billes-en-tete.com/detail.php?id=112 The black and yellow one appears to be a modern Marble King. The very large one would be a Vacor Serpent. The size alone might make that worth a few dollars. https://www.billes-en-tete.com/detail.php?id=51 The ones with blue and yellow would likely be Vacor. I have seen them in packages with an assortment of styles, but I've never seen a name for the style. The Coca Cola marble is probably not officially associated with the Coca Cola company. Some people paid companies fees to get permission to make marbles with their trademarked images. But many logo makers didn't legally get the rights to print the logo. I don't know how we would tell on that. It's a fun marble that a logo marble collector might like, but I don't know what the value would be. I don't think there is a lot of monetary value in the group but if you listed them on ebay in small groups, you might get some bidding action.

I bet someone somewhere calls it a snake. I mostly see the term for marbles with surface ribbons like that but transparent base. Here's a thread Galen posted about snakes. http://marbleconnection.com/topic/22400-what-is-a-snake/

That's a pretty stunning photograph. If there's some wordplay to it, it went over my head.